Now I have caught up with myself! Today I attended a First Friday networking event in Guildford (A little plug for there First Friday). Everyone has different views on networking; I am convinced that it works but often takes a lot of ‘deal tracking’ to discover this fact.
Anyway, I favour First Friday because it is informal and unstructured – you have the opportunity to introduce your business – which I did – but none of this compulsory one-minute stuff.
There is, of course a cost to this – mileage, parking & refreshments. I cycled to the event so avoided the first 2 – I had a pint of beer (£3.60). After a big argument with myself I decided that this was not a business cost as I could have had lime & soda like several others people, so I’ve put £1.00 on the costs. I think this is the ‘squinting’ I refer to in the title.
At a practical level, I was unlikely to meet any potential candidates but could see potential benefit in making professionals (accounts, employment lawyers) aware of what I was doing. As it turned out I met and chatted to a lady who ran a job club with 50 members. I am presenting to them next Monday. Serendipity?
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